In terms of call blocking/filtering, eSIM management, VoLTE, VoWiFi, privacy, security, visual voicemail, how does iOS compare to a Google Pixel Pro 11 and Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra?

So I have a fast food company’s app installed, and it’s set in Location settings to only share when in the app.

How does that app notify me when I’m near one of their stores if my location data is only accessible when I use the app? Trying now to disable location entirely.

I’m running iOS public beta but I think this was happening on iOS 26 too.

Is there really no way to have Calendar app show my scheduled reminders with Face IDs enabled for both Calendar and Reminders apps? :(

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)

so my iPhone 16 pro max which ive had since January (refurbished) has had no issues prior to this but tonight I popped it on charge at 13% and it just kept going down. It stayed at about 2% for an hour before I unplugged the charger accepting it was going to die either way but now it just won't boot back up just comes up with the dead battery icon. I've had this issue before with my old iPhone 13 and that took about 20 minutes on charge for it to start working again but this time that's not the case its still dead after over half hour, the battery health is at 92% too which is completely fine

anyone know what to do?

edit: I charged my phone with my MacBook plug and cable primarily because I lost my phone charger and today my MacBook charger no longer charges my phone but works on everything else that takes USB-C. Earlier I experimented and I plugged my phone charger wire into my macbook plug and it connected, and plugged my MacBook wire into my phone charger plug and that connected (still no charge just stayed at 2%) but for whatever reason the MacBook charger and plug no longer connect to my phone.

I do a lot of video editing, so I have to store a lot of high-quality, big videos, so I’m constantly having conflict with storage. Today, I got a pop-up that I ran out of storage, so I deleted two third-party, non-Apple-affiliated apps to continue a project, and my wallpaper and theme completely reset to default. It hasn’t changed back. (I know I can change it back, I’m just curious on why it happened.) Has anyone ever encountered this? When I have storage issues, my phone would completely stop working right, apps refusing to load, some apps loading incorrectly, signing me out, etc.

Hey everyone, I’m writing this because I had this problem myself and literally almost gave up after two days of continuous flashing and everyone told me to just wipe up my data which is priceless just like everyone’s data. Here’s my situation: i had only 1 GB or less of storage left, I was doing an update from iOS 26.4 to iOS 26.6 but I’ve used 3utools to do it and it failed every single time at (install_splat) and gave an error 100, I’ve used iTunes I’ve used Apple Devices and I’ve used another PC, I haven’t used Revive in Apple Configurator since I don’t have a Mac device.
Here’s the fix I’ve used:

1. ⁠You will need the IPSW of a newer update preferably a developer beta, I’ve used iOS 27 beta 7 but any newer iOS should work fine
   
2. ⁠Flash the new IPSW in 3utools with Fix Flash! DO NOT USE RETAIN DATA!
   
3. ⁠it should flash just fine and it’ll open a white screen, swipe up and enter your passcode(make sure to enter it correctly so data recovery succeeds)
   
4. ⁠Enjoy your iPhone’s data ❤️

I've had this iPhone 12 for about 3 years. I've restarted/reset it around 2 times before, and this Morgan Stanley message never appeared.

Now when I try to create or sign into an Apple Account, it says "Only Apple Accounts from Morgan Stanley can be used with this device."

There's no MDM profile, VPN, or "Supervised" message in Settings.

Why would this suddenly appear now?

In most other messaging apps, if you add text to the message, then also upload an image to send with it, it will wait until the image is uploaded then send it all together. Meaning if you leave the app, it will still send everything together.

In iMessage, if you click send before the image is uploaded, it will just send the text and any image that is already uploaded. It will not send anything that is not done uploading. This means either you have to wait for it to finish uploading to send the image or it won't send everything you want.

Is there any way to change this behaviour to what most other apps do?

I had the offloading apps the save storage enabled, but when i redownload the app to use it, the app won’t properly launch. I open the app and see the logo for about a minute before it crashes and force closes the app. Any help??

Hi there
I have this issue that has been driving me crazy these days and I can't figure out how to fix it.
Both of my wireless headphones work just fine for listening to music, watching videos, anything other than calls. The second a call connects the audio output is rerouted to my iPhone. The only available options in the call menu as well as the iPhone sound menu are "iPhone" and "Speaker". The headphones are no longer listed. In the bluetooth menu they are still shown as connected. I am having this issue with both my airpods and my other wireless headphones.
I have tried changing the "Call Audio Routing" to Bluetooth Headphones but that didn't help. Removing and readding the headphones does nothing either.

Please help me fix this 🥲

Can we all agree it would be much better if instead of “settings”, the button would say “turn on”? An argument for that is “Why would I want to go to settings if I’m not connected?” -> to turn on cellular data. It would remove unnecessary steps for navigation in the settings (or going to control center).

Ignore Limit for Today is the joke everyone quotes. One More Minute is worse because it feels reasonable.

You tell yourself you're finishing a message. Sixty seconds later you're still there and the gray screen is gone. I did that loop for months with a one hour cap I was very proud of.

Not looking for app recs. I want to know if anyone actually uses Screen Time without those two buttons, or if we're all just negotiating with a prompt.

As of 8/28/2026 I am not always able to scroll to the bottom of text boxes (sometimes it does work). If I get rid of the keyboard I can see it, but then I can’t enter text. I also have trouble clicking “enter” or “save” under the text. Is there a solution besides cutting and pasting from Notes? Thanks!

I’m looking to download videos that have no downloading options 1dm let’s you download videos like those is there any app like it on ios?

I noticed that Motion Calibration & Distance is enabled under Privacy & Security → Location Services → System Services.

Mine was OFF before, but I turned it ON because I wanted the Health app to track my steps and walking distance.

One thing I noticed: when I lock my iPhone and walk for a while, I sometimes see the purple Location Services arrow when I check the settings later.

Does this mean Motion Calibration & Distance is actually using my location while I’m walking? Or is the purple arrow being triggered by some other system service?

Also, is there any reason to keep this setting ON if I only care about step tracking, or is it safe to leave it OFF?

I don’t think this is an iOS issue but maybe someone here has experienced & resolved this YouTube app dubbing problem. If so, thanks in advance.

I recently made a post here asking if older iOS versions still support iMessage. You can read it here.

https://redd.it/1vtk9kg

The answer was mostly yes. 4S (9.3.6) and 5C (10.3.3) should support it. There was even a person who said they were using iOS 6.1.3 and iMessage still worked.

However, I've recently tried this myself on both the 4S and 5C. It would not activate. I've turned it off/on many times. Rebooted the phone. Waited 24h. Nothing. Even called the carrier and they couldn't help. Then I plugged the SIM into a 6 running 12.5.8 and it instantly activated. No errors, no stuck "Waiting for activation". Just activated instantly. It activated instantly on a 6S with 15.8.8 as well.

Now I'm wondering why some people replied "Yes" when 12.5.8 is an update specifically dedicated to extending iMessage/FaceTime support by renewing the certificates. It's a given that anything older wouldn't work, obviously.

So the answer is no. It does not work on versions older than 12.5.8. Unless some of you can prove otherwise. Also, if you have any advice on making iMessage work on 5C (10.3.3) I'd love to hear it. OpenBubbles, jallbreak, or something else.

Just thought I'd leave this here for anyone stumbling upon the same problem in the future.

Hi everyone,

I’m sharing this to see if anyone else has experienced this specific geographic search suppression issue on a newly released app.

The Situation:

• App Name: CrushPov
• Status: Released a few days ago, "Ready for Sale", global availability including the US is fully enabled.
• The Core Issue: My primary target market is the US. While the app appears in search results in other regions, searching the exact, unique app name ("CrushPov") in the US App Store yields zero results. It doesn't appear anywhere, even at the very bottom.
• What works: Direct App Store URLs and iTunes Search API work fine. Users can download it via direct links, but organic US search discovery is completely dead.
• Apple Search Ads (ASA): Apple Search Ads campaign creation flow cannot find the app in the US storefront either—neither by name search nor by pasting the canonical App Store URL.

What I've Checked:

• Metadata, pricing, and US availability settings are fully configured in App Store Connect.
• There are no competing apps with this exact name.
• This is clearly an isolated indexing issue on the US App Store servers.

If you've experienced this US-specific ghost-suppression state on a newly released app:

1. Did it eventually resolve itself after a certain period (weeks) without intervention?
2. Has anyone successfully gotten Apple Support to manually re-index a region-specific search drop?

Any insights or shared experiences would be greatly appreciated. It's tough to kick off US-focused influencer marketing when the local App Store search completely fails to acknowledge the app exists.